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The 

Man Without 

a Country 



An Original Dramatization of 
Edward Everett Hale's Story 



By 

FRED L. PAULY 




MARCH BROTHERS, Publishers 

208, 210, 212 Wright Ave. LEBANON. O. 




The Man Without a 
Country 



An Original Dramatization of 
Edward Everett Hale's Story 



FRED 1/PAULY 




MARCH BROTHERS, Publishers 

208, 210, 212 Wright Ave., LEBANON, OHIO 



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Copyright, 1917. by 
MARCH BROTHERS 



©CI,D 487 IG 



DEC 3i 1917 






The Man Without a Country 



A dramatization of Edward Everett Hale's 

well-known story arranged for high 

schools and other advanced grades 



ACTS 

I. The Court Martial at Fort Adams, 1807. 

II. The Captain's Cabin on the "Nautilus," 
1807 (three scenes). 

III. On the deck of the "Intrepid," 1820. 

IV. The Ballroom on the "Warren," 1847. 
V. Nolan's Cabin on the "Levant," 1863. 



CHARACTERS 

Colonel Morgan, who presides at the court 
martial. 

Several other officers who make up the court. 

A witness, one of the officers. 

A marshal, one of the officers. 

Two soldiers, who act as guards. 

Captain Shaw, of the "Nautilus." 

Officer Gridley, his orderly. 



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Captain Vaughn, of the "Intrepid." 

Captain Heindrich, of the slave trading 
vessel. 

Three or more slaves. 

Mrs. Graff, a famous Southern beauty. 

Several other ladies. 

A cabin boy. 

Captain Danforth, of the "Levant." 

Several other officers and sailors of the ships 
"Nautilus," "Intrepid," "Warren" and "Levant." 

A doctor. 

Lieutenant Philip Nolan, "The Man with- 
out a Country." 



COSTUMES 

The army and navy officers should wear the 
regulation- uniforms ; those actually worn at the 
time of the various scenes are preferred. One 
boy could take the part of the Captain in all 
the scenes, if he changes his make-up and gen- 
eral appearance. In a large school this honor 
could be shared among several. 

The soldiers, sailors, slaves, etc., are dressed 
as their names suggest. 

Mrs. GraiT and the ladies in the ballroom 
scene should be dressed accordingly, but the ef- 
fect will be greater if they can wear costumes 



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worn before the war of '61 -'65. An unlimited 
number of both boys and girls can be used m 

this scene. 

Nolan wears a blue army uniform, with plani 
buttons after the first act. His make-up should 
show the advance of years in each act until the 
last, when his hair should be snow-white. Ihis 
aging need not appear in any of the other char- 
acters. ^ ■ 

SETTINGS 

The stage settings should be as well chosen as 
possible to suggest^ the surroundings and in most 
cases quite simple. The flag may be used in 
some The flag is not kept from Nolan s sight, 
for it was always flown in full view from the 
various ships on which he lived. The last act 
reveals the fact that he constantly kept count 
of the stars in the flag. 

TIME 

From one to one and one-half hours, accord- 
ing to the time consumed in some acts. By ar- 
rano-ing patriotic musical numbers, either vocal 
or mstmmental, between the acts, a program of 
two hours can be easily planned. 

DIRECTIONS 

The words of the play are few but the actions 
are many. Probablv no story has been vvntten 
with more dramatic scenes. Each scene is full 



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of patriotic fervor, loyalty to country and to 
duty, pity, pathos and remorse. The words 
should be spoken deliberately, emphatically and 
dramatically, never hurriedly. This play can be 
given successfully only after much careful prep- 
aration and practice. It was written for a pur- 
pose and this revival of the story is timely. 



Act I. — The court martial at Fort Adams, 
i8oy. [A group of army officers, acting as court 
and jury, are seated on one side. Seated and 
facing them is Lieutenant Philip Nolan. Two 
soldiers stand on each side of a door in the rear. 
An officer acting as marshal or bailiff stands 
near. A zmtness is in the chair.] 

Colonel Morgan [the presiding officer] : 
State to the court what you know of Lieutenant 
Nolan's part in this plot. 

Witness : For some months Lieutenant No- 
lan has refused to share our shooting, rowing, 
or other sports. He spends most of his time 
writing letters, which he closely guards. One 
day I saw him mail a letter addressed to Aaron 
Burr. 

Morgan : Do you know whether or not he 
ever received any word from Burr? 

Witness: No, I do not, but everyone knows 
that Burr always paid Nolan special attention 
on his several trips to Fort Massac. I know 



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that they frequently strolled together or rowed 
on the river together. 

Morgan : That will do. You are excused. 
[Witness exits.] Lieutenant Nolan, arise! We 
have heard it testified by this and other witnesses 
that you are sick of the service and have at 
times shown a willingness to be false to it. You 
have acted queerly and refrained from associat- 
ing with your brother officers. It has been 
shown that you were a special friend of that 
arch traitor, Aaron Burr; that when he visited 
Fort Massac and claimed he had an army be- 
hind him and would soon form an empire, you 
promptly stepped out and joined his forces. The 
evidence, Lieutenant Nolan, is decidedly against 
you. The court has carefully weighed every 
word. It has given you credit for your previous 
good behavior and faithfulness as an officer, but 
it can do nothing at this time except pronounce 
against you. Before passing sentence the court 
asks if you have anything to offer as evidence 
of your faithfulness to the United States? 

Nolan [looks around at all present, hesitates, 
then in a frenzy shouts] : Damn the LInited 
States ! I wish 1 may never hear of the United 
States again ! 

Morgan [steps back, shocked, drops in his 
chair for a moment, then gets up and zvith zvhite 
face and pointing finger] : Prisoner, hear the 
sentence of the Court ! The Court decides, sub- 
ject to the approval of the President, that you 



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shall never hear the name of the United States 
again. [Nolan laughs. Everyone else is ex- 
tremelv sober. He sobers.] Mr. Marshal, take 
the prisoner to New Orleans in an armed boat 
and deliver him to the naval commander there. 
[The marshal gives the orders and the two sol- 
dier's take the prisoner out of the court-room.] 
Mr. Marshal, see that no one mentions the United 
States to the prisoner. Mr. Marshal, take my 
respects to Lieutenant Mitchell at New Orleans 
and request him to order that no one shall men- 
tion the United States to the prisoner while he 
is on board ship. You will receive your written 
order from the officer on duty here this evening. 
[The marshal turns to leave. Morgan turns to 
his fellow officers.] The court is adjourned with- 
out day. [Curtain.] 



Act II, Scene 1. — TJic Captain's cabin on the 
"Nautilus," i8o/. [Captain Shazv is seated at 
his desk. An officer enters and salutes.] 

Officer Gridley : Captain Shaw, I have the 
honor to report that the gentleman has been 
lodged in his stateroom and here are your orders. 

Captain Shaw : Open and read them, Grid- 
ley. My eyes are bad tonight. 

Gridley [reads very slozu'ly and emphatically] : 

"Sir : You will receive from Lieutenant Mitchell 
the person of Philip Nolan, late a lieutenant in the 
United States Army. 



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"This person on his trial by court-martial expressed 
with an oath, the wish that he might "never hear of 
the United States agam.' 

"The Court sentenced him to have his wish fulfilled. 
"For the present, the execution of the order is in- 
trusted by the President to this department. 

"You will take the prisoner «" .bo-'^'-d ^0;;; ^^ip and 
keep him there with such precautions a. shall pre%ent 
his escape. 

"You will provide him with such quarters, rations 
and c?othing as would be proper for an officer of s 
£te rank if he were a passenger on your vessel on the 
business of his Government. 

"The gentlemen on board will make any arrange- 
ments a-reeable to themselves regarding ^is societv 
1 e s to be exposed to no indignity of any kind, nor 
L he ever unnecessarily to be reminded that he is a 
prisoner. 

"But under no circumstances is he ever to hear of 

his cointry or to see any information regarding ,t ; aiid 

on wil especially caution all the officers under your 

omn^nd't? take 'care that, in the various -du^ences 

which may be granted, this rule in which h.s punish 

ment is involved, shall not be broken. 

"It is the intention of the Government that he shall 
never ^gain ee the countrv which he has disowned. 
Before t^ie end of your cruise .you will receive orders 
which will give effect to this intention. ^_ 

Signed : The Secretary of the Navy. 

Shaw [musingly]: Well!. Wf, but theti 
orders are orders. Gridlev, gtve the other offi- 
cers the orders as you have just read them. Also 
give ati order that this man shall speak to none 
of the men unless an officer is present. [Grid- 



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ley salutes and starts to leave.] By the way, 
Gridley, what kind of clothes is he wearing now? 

Gridley : His regular lieutenant's uniform, 
sir. 

Shaw : Let him retain the uniform, the order 
so reads, but remove the buttons and substitute 
plain ones, for the buttons are marked U. S. 
[Gridley exits. Curtain.] 



Scene 2. — Same, a few months later. [Sev- 
eral officers are seated, talking. Shazv is cutting 
notices out of a nezvspaper.] 

Shaw : There ! I guess this is ready for 
"Plain Buttons." Gridley, call him in. [Gridley 
exits.] I am getting sick of this duty already. I 
hate to offer him such a perforated paper [holds 
it up], but duty is duty. I wish I could do some- 
thing to help this unfortunate man. [Nolan en- 
ters, folloived by Gridley.] Good evening, Mr. 
Nolan ; here's a paper for you. It was received 
in the mail transferred from the ship we just 
passed. 

Nolan: Thank you, sir. [Starts to leave.] 

Shaw [kindly] : Won't you sit down and 
chat with us a while? [Nolan takes seat.] 
Here's a new book we've been enjoying. I think 
you will like it. It's poetry bv that Englishman, 
Scott— Sir Walter Scott. 

Nolan : I shall be pleased to read it. 



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Shaw : Suppose you read some aloud now. 
We like to hear you read. 

Nolan [^cafi' himself, opens book and be- 
gins to read the sixth canto] : 

"Breathes there a man with soul so dead, 
Who never to himself hath said," — 

[All present begin to look at each other.] 

"This is my own, my native land !" 

[All grozv quite nervous. Nolan turns pale, 
but plunges on.] 

"Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, 
As home his footsteps he hath turned 
From wandering on a foreign strand? 
If such there breathe, go mark him well"' — 

[Some of the officers rise and begin studying 
maps on the wall. Nolan clears his throat and 
starts again.] 

'"For him no minstrel raptures swell ; 

High though his titles, proud his name, 
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, 

Despite these titles, power, and pelf, 
The wretch, concentered all in self," — 

[Nolan chokes, stops reading, flings the book 
dozvn and darts out of the room. Curtain.] 



Scene 3. — Same, several years later. [Shazu 
at his desk; Cridley enters and salutes.] 

Gridley: Sir, the good ship "Intrepid" 
stands by. She is bound for the Mediterranean 
and she asks that we take her pouch of home- 
ward bound mail. 



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Shaw : Certainly. You say she is bound for 
the Mediterranean? Then why not transfer No- 
lan, so we can go home ourselves ? 

Gridley : The men are all homesick, sir, and 
we are so near. 

Shaw: Send Nolan in. [Exit Gridley.] I 
hate to part with him after all. He is such an 
interesting passenger. He seems quite changed 
since that episode here in this cabin, when he un- 
knowingly read those lines of Scott on patriot- 
ism. At first he considered his imprisonment a 
mere farce, but now he seems to be a heart- 
broken man. [Enter Nolan.] Mr. Nolan, pack 
up your traps, for we are going to transfer you 
to the "Intrepid," bound for the Mediterranean. 

Nolan [shozving surprise and disappoint- 
ment] : Why! Sir! I thought from the stars and 
the other signs that we were nearing home. [He 
breaks doimi and cries. Curtain.} 



Act hi. — On the deck of the "Intrepid," 
1820. [Several ofUcers, hot and someivhat dis- 
heveled after a sharp skirmish, are standing in a 
group. The captain of the rival vessel approaches 
follozt'ed by tzvo officers.] 

Captain Vaughn : So you have struck your 
flag at last ! We'll teach you to run this block- 
ade ! Didn't you know the importation of slaves 
is now prohibited? 



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13 



Captain Heindrich : Yes ; but a man must 
make a living, and lots of your people are not m 
favor of this new law. 

Vaughn: Why didn't you stop when we 
fired across your bow? 

Heindrich : Thought we were the faster ves- 
sel and could get away. 

Vaughn: You were not so fast, but your 
men are some scrappers. We are in these waters 
watching for just such fellows, and we are pre- 
pared to enforce the law. Since you would not 
permit us to search your vessel and have been 
forced to surrender in the sharp little fight we 
have just had, I must ask you to give up your 
sword. [Heindrich gives his szvord to Vaughn.] 
Officers, take him below and put him under a 
strong guard. [Turning.] Where is Mr. No- 
lan? Ask Mr. Nolan to come here. [Nolan im- 
mediately steps out, zvithout coat or collar and 
very milch disheveled, somezvhat bloody, as the 
result of the fighting.] How came you into com- 
mand of one of the guns? 

Nolan: A round shot from the enemy en- 
tered one of our ports square and took right 
down the officer of the gun himself and almost 
every man of the gun's crew. So I rushed up, 
grabbed the rammer and helped the men fire the 
gun. 

Vaughn: You certainly did valiant service. 
Your gun was fired twice as often as any other 
gun on the ship. 



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Nolan : Thank you. I was just showing 
them how we do it in the artillery, sir. 

Vaughn : Mr. Nolan, we are all very grate- 
ful to you today ; you are one of us today ; you 
will be named in the despatches. [Vaughn hands 
Nolan Heindrich's sivord and makes him put it 
on. Nolan is overcome.] 

Nolan : Sir, I have not worn a sword since — ■ 
[Officers rush u[>, pulling tivo or three negro 
slaves from the other vessel and interrupt 
Nolan.'] 

Officer : Captain, can anyone here speak 
Portuguese? We can't make out a blooming 
thing these niggers say. [The slaves tremble and 
keep jabbering.] 

Vaughn: Who here can speak Portuguese? 

Nolan : I can, sir. 

Vaughn : Tell us what these niggers say. 

Nolan: I will if I can, sir. It is very poor 
Portuguese that they are speaking, sir. [Nolan 
goes up to slaves and says a fczv zvords. They 
say much, in a frightened, jabbering manner.] 

Vaughn : Tell them they are free, and tell 
them that these rascal traders are to be hanged 
as soon as we can get rope enough. [Nolan 
speaks again, and the slaves give a yell of de- 
light, zuave their arms, dance np and down, fall 
on the deck and kiss Nolaji's feet, then rush for 



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the Captain, ivhcn they are caught and held by 
several officers.] 

Vaughn [ivell pleased] : Tell them that I 
will take them all to Cape Palmas. [Nolan speaks 
again. The slaves are frightened and speak.] 

Slaves: Ah, non Palmas. 

Vaughn [eagerly]: What do they say? 

Nolan [embarrassed, tviping his forehead as 
though perspiring]: They say, "Not Palmas; 
take us home, take us to our own country, take 
usto our own house, take us to our own pick- 
aninnies and our own women." One says he 
has an old father and mother who will die if 
they do not see him. And this one says he left 
his people all sick and paddled down to Fer- 
nando Po to beg the white doctor to come and help 
them, and that these devils caught him in the 
bay just in sight of home, and that he has never 
seen anybody from home since then. And this 
one says [Nolan chokes] that he has not heard 
a word from his home in six months, while he 
has been locked up in that infernal barracoon. 
[All officers show embarrassment and pit\, chiefly 
for- Nolan.] 

Vaughn [deeply moved] : Tell them yes, 
yes, yes. Tell them they shall go to their own 
homes, if it takes us all summer. [Nolan speaks 
again to the slaves, and they rejoice.] 

Nolan [aside] : After all, there's no place 
like home. [Curtain.] 



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Act IV. — Ballroom on the "Warren," 184-/. 
{The ship is anchored in the Bay of Naples. Sev- 
eral officers and visiting ladies, appropriately 
dressed, are zvalking around and dancing. This 
act may he lengthened or shortened, as desired. 
Any number of persons may take part in the 
dance. A full orchestra may be used, but only 
the old-time dances should be given, as the "Vir- 
ginia Reel," "Money Musk," the "Colonial Min- 
uet," etc. Nolan comes in near the end of the 
dancing, walks toward front of stage, and talks 
to tzvo officers. At the close of the music he 
speaks.] 

Nolan [laughing] : That story reminds me 
of an adventure I had with my cousin while try- 
ing to catch wild horses in Texas. [The tzvo 
officers start. Nolan eyes them.] Pray, what 
has become of Texas? After the Mexicans got 
their independence I thought that province of 
Texas would come forward very fast. It is 
really one of the finest regions on earth ; it is the 
Italy of this continent. But I have not seen or 
heard a word of Texas for many years. 

Officer : Texas is out of the map, Mr. No- 
lan. Let us now join the dancers. [They zvalk 
off. Nolan stands nonplussed. Just then the or- 
chestra strikes up the "Star Spangled Banner" 
and Nolan stands attention, but the captain 
rushes up and stops the orchestra. Everyone is 
embarrassed. One of the ladies, Mrs. Graff, a 
celebrated Southern beauty of those days, steps 
up to Nolan.] 



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Mrs. Graff: Have you forgotten me, Mr. 
Nolan ? 

Nolan : I certainly have not forgotten vou, 
Miss Rutledge. May I have the honor of a 
dance ? 

Mrs. Graff: I am not Miss Rutledge any 
longer, Mr. Nolan, but I will dance all the same. 
[They dance zuith several other couples. At the 
close they zualk, talking, and come to the front 
of the stage.] 

Nolan : And what do vou hear from home, 
Mrs. Graff? 

Mrs. Graff [looking hint through and through 
haughtily] : Home ! Mr. Nolan ! ' I thought 
you were the man who never wanted to hearof 
home again. [She zvalks off. Nolan zvalks to 
one side, completely subdued. All others exit 
on left; a cabin boy dressed in uniform enters 
on right.] 

Boy : ^\'hat's the matter, IMr. Plain Buttons ? 
Can I help you? 

NoLAX : Youngster, I hope you will never 
know what it is to be without a family, without 
a home and without a country. And if you are 
ever tempted to say a word or to do a thing that 
shall put a bar between you and your family, 
your home and your country, pray God in His 
mercy to take you that instant home to His own 
heaven. Stick by your family, boy ; forget you 
have a self, while you do everything for them. 



18 THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY 

Think of your home, boy ; write and send and 
talk about it. Let it be nearer and nearer to 
your thought the farther you have to travel from 
it; and rush back to it when you are free. And 
for your country, boy, and for that flag [poi)its 
to the fJ(ig] never dream a dream but of serving 
her as she bids you, though the service carry you 
through a thousand hells. No matter what hap- 
pens to you, no matter who flatters you or who 
abuses you, never look at another flag; never 
let a night pass but you pray God to bless that 
flag. Remember, boy, that behind all these men you 
have to do with, behind officers and government 
and people even, there is the Country Herself, 
your Country, and that you belong to Her as 
you belong to your own mother. Stand by Her, 
boy, as you would stand by your mother, through 
thick and thin. 

Boy [frightened] : Yes, sir, I will. I never 
intended to do anything else. 

Nolan [iu a hoarse ?vhisper] : O if some- 
body had only said so to me when I was of your 
aee ! \ Curtain.] 



Act V. — Nolan's cabin on the "Levant," i86^. 
[On one zvall is a picture of Washington, ivith 
a Hag draped over it. A drazving of an old map 
of the United States as described belozv is on 
the other ivall. A narroiv bunk is on one side 
and a small table zvith a Bible is near. Nolan is 
ill and confined to his bed.] 



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Captain Danforth [entering] : The doctor 
has just told me you are ill, so I have called. 
[He sees Washington and the flag. He stops 
and stares.] 

Nolan [joyously] : Here, you see, I have a 
country ! [He points to the map.] I have drawn 
it from memory. See the Indiana Territory, the 
Mississippi Territory and the Louisiana Terri- 
tory as I remember them, and I have tried to 
patch in Texas, too. [He looks at Danforth.] 

captain, I know I am dying. I can not get 
home. Surely you will tell me something now. 
Stop ! stop ! Do not speak till I say what I am 
sure you know, that there is not in this ship, that 
there is not in America — God bless her ! — a 
more loyal man than I. There can not be a man 
who loves the old flag as I do or prays for it as 

1 do, or hopes for it as I do. There are thirty- 
four stars in it now, Danforth. I thank God for 
that, though I do not know what their names 
are. There has never been one taken away ; I 
thank God for that. I know by that that there 
has never been any successful Burr. O Dan- 
forth, Danforth, how like a wretched night's 
dream a boy's idea of personal fame or of sepa- 
rate sovereignty seems when one looks back on 
it after such a life as mine! But tell me — tell 
me something — tell me everything, Danforth, be- 
fore I die ! 

Danforth : Mr. Nolan, I will tell you every- 
thing you ask about. Only where shall I begin ? 



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Nolan [smiling and pressing Danforth's 
hand] : God bless you! [He points to the stars 
in the flag.] Tell me their names. The last I 
know is Ohio. My father lived in Kentucky. 
But I have guessed Michigan and Indiana and 
Mississippi — that was where Fort Adams was — 
they make twent}^ But where are your other 
fourteen? You have not cut up any of the old 
ones, I hope? 

Danforth [roughly sketching the states on 
the map as he repeats them sloivly. A stencil 
map shoiving the territory of the United States 
after the Louisiana Purchase can he used to 
transfer the outline to a large sheet of paper and 
then colored to represent Nolan's map, or a sten- 
cil map of the United States as it is today can be 
used to transfer the faint outline to paper and 
only the part knoivn to Nolan filled in, then Dan- 
forth can easily follozv the outlines and quickly 
fill in the other states as he slowly names them. 
These stencil maps may be secured from March 
Brothers, Lebanon, Ohio, for 10 cents each] : 
Besides Mississippi in the south we have Ala- 
bama, Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas. 

Nolan : Yes, yes, Texas. My only cousin 
died down in Texas. See, I have placed a gold 
cross where I suppose his grave is. 

Danforth [continuing] : Over here in the 
east, Maine. In the central west, Illinois, Mis- 
souri, Iowa and Kansas. Further north. Wis- 



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consin and Minnesota, and in the far, far west, 
California and Oregon. 

Nolan : Oh ! Our grand old country now 
stretches to the Pacific. I suspicioned so much 
because I was never permitted to land on that 
coast. I have often seen the sailors bearing off 
furs. [A pause.] What happened to the Chesa- 
peake? What was done to Barron for surren- 
dering her? 

Danforth : Oh ! That was away back in 
1807. Barron was not punished because he first 
refused to permit his ship to be searched and 
only gave in after the "Leopard" had fired on 
him and he was unable to return the fire. The 
"Chesapeake" remained in the service of the 
United States until it was captured by the British 
frigate "Shannon" in 1813. Her captain, James 
Lawrence, was killed early in the fight. As his 
men were carrying him below, mortally wounded, 
he cried, "Don't give up the ship !" 

Nolan : How grand ! How heroic ! Would 
that Burr had been that kind ! Was Burr ever 
tried again? [Here he grinds his teeth and for 
a moment reveals deep passioJi.] 

Danforth: No; but he never had the public 
confidence again. 

Nolan : And what about dear old David 
Porter? 



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Danforth : He was one of the first success- 
ful American captains in the naval battles of the 
War of 1812. His son, also a David Porter, is 
a commander in the United States Navy today. 

Nolan : Who now commands the "Legion of 
the West?" 

Danforth : A gallant officer named Grant. 
He is about to establish his headquarters at 
Vicksburg. 

Nolan: Where is Vicksburg? [Danforth 
points it out on the map.] It must be at old 
Vick's plantation that I often visited. What a 
change! [A pause, then suddenly']: Who is 
President now ? 

Danforth : x^braham Lincoln. 

Nolan : Is he General Benjamin Lincoln's 
son? I met old General Lincoln when I was 
quite a boy at an old Indian treaty. 

Danforth : No. Old Abe, as we call the 
President, is a Kentuckian like you. I don't know 
his family. He worked his way up from the 
ranks. 

Nolan : Good for him ! I am glad of that ! 
[Another pause.] This is all so interesting. You 
see I am like Robinson Crusoe asking all the ac- 
cumulated questions of fifty-six years. Tell me 
more. 



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Danforth: Rest awhile, then I shall tell 
more. You shall know all you wish. [Nolan 
turns over and Danforth walks over to the map. 
He turns and speaks aside.] No, no. I can't 
tell him a word about this infernal rebellion. It 
would break his heart, and he is so weak now. 
How he loved his country ! 

Nolan [turning and saying feebly] : Captain, 
a drink, please. [A glass is handed him.] Now 
I shall go to sleep. Look in my Bible, Captain, 
when I am gone. [Nolan turns over, Danforth 
leaves room, lights are turned off for a moment 
to shozv passing of time. As they are turned on 
Danforth, zvith the doctor and two or three oth- 
ers, return to the room.] 

Doctor [looking at Nolan] : He has gone. 
[The others start.] He has breathed his last. 
See the smile on his face. He is no longer "A 
Man without a Country." 

Officer [picking up a ribbon and medal] : He 
had this pressed close to his lips. It is his fa- 
ther's badge of the Order of the Cincinnati. 

Danforth [looking in Nolan's Bible] : This 
verse is marked: "But now they desire a better 
country that is an heavenly: Wherefore God is 
not ashamed to be called their God : for He hath 
prepared for them a city." And on this slip of 
paper he has written: "Bury me in the sea; it 
has been my home and I love it. But will not 



24 THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY 

some one set up a stone for my memory at Fort 
Adams or at New Orleans, that my disgrace may 
not be more than I ought to bear? Say on it: 

" 'In memory of 

" 'PHILIP NOLAN, 

" 'Lieutenant in the Army of the United States. 

"'He loved his country as no other man has loved her; 
but no man deserved less at her hands' " 

(Curtain.) 



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